Snow Swansong

Sunday, December 5, 2010 8:14:07 AM

, , , ,

It's still here, but just an icy crust. We're forecast fog for the next three days left right and I guess we'll have to see what happens after that. In the meantime, here are some photos from earlier in the week that I couldn't fit in previous blog posts.

Winter stars: from left to right - Callisto, Ganymede, Jupiter



Snowy woodland...



...and tree brought down by snow bigeyes



Lost in snow and mist



Feathered



Meadow without meadow foxes sad



Red and white



The path through the bushes scared



Silent roads



Big icicle



__

Final snow word (for now!) belongs to Charlie Brown wink



This is strangely apt. While the North Downs, considerably more lofty than Snoopy's kennel whistle had 45cm of snow over four days, London (or at least central London) doesn't seem to have landed more than a sprinkling; it was falling all day on Tuesday, but settles much less readily there. It's amazing what difference 700 feet of altitude and the urban heat island effect can make!

Yesterday's CarpetView from the 13th Tower

Comments

Kara Yangbaiulgen Sunday, December 5, 2010 11:08:51 AM

http://files.myopera.com/SittingFox/blog/Jupiter%20and%20sons.jpg -
Great shot up

http://files.myopera.com/SittingFox/blog/Snow%20and%20mist.jpg -
I just love walking in such places. First, calm and relaxing. Second you can't see things far away, so you concentrate on yourself and your inner side. We receive too much of unnecessary "information" everyday you know.

Darkogdare Sunday, December 5, 2010 12:59:50 PM

It looks like Jupiter and his moons are just there, in neighbourhood left Well, I guess they are, in astronomical way of measuring spaces p

RuneSB Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:14:37 PM

I could make some great wallpapers of thise photo's, if you'll send me the original pixel sizes up
What size is you'r screen ??? sherlock

ERWINWulpen Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:23:42 PM

Very nice photos up

RobinRobinL Sunday, December 5, 2010 6:30:06 PM

Lovely shots. Really like the red and white.
We have another sunny day, with the wind blowing in from the north east like and express train. It brings tears to ones eyes!
The temperature is sitting at about 4. So it's not bad if you can avoid the wind.
Hope things get back to normal for you this week! smile

Adam-12dorota123 Monday, December 6, 2010 11:02:29 AM

Awesome winter photos. 5x star for this entry.

re to:
"
Meadow without meadow foxes
"

sad

DenisDenis-12 Monday, December 6, 2010 11:28:01 AM

"Red and White" shot is perfect! wink

Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog Monday, December 6, 2010 7:32:56 PM

Wow beautiful photos yes i managed to get the snow in the sunshine on friday.

Words Monday, December 6, 2010 9:37:49 PM

Great set of photos (and nice to see Snoopy!). Plus stunning shot of Jupiter up

Stardancer Tuesday, December 7, 2010 4:04:21 AM

Great photos, Adele.

up

Steffiwellisteffi Tuesday, December 7, 2010 9:24:56 AM

Beautiful pictures,Adele. smile
Now we must in the forest
too careful.
Not the one from a
Branch is injured. bigeyes

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:39:14 PM

@Elias - I quite agree. Occasional silence is very important for us and it's hard to find these days!

Thanks! smile It was very pretty. We've still got snow over most of the ground but it's much thinner now. But it's still colder than usual.

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:40:58 PM

@Darko - yes, like a crowd of teenagers hanging around the big guy! right Apparently Jupiter has 63 moons in total king

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:49:15 PM

@Rune - the originals are huge, 15mp each! Is there one in particular that you'd like? smile

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:49:43 PM

@Erwin - thanks! smile

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:51:14 PM

@Robin - I'm not sure what I remember what "normal" is. A little bit of grass is now showing here and there, and treading on it feel so strange! London is snow-free but it almost always is. The North Downs are going to have patches of snow left for quite a while, I suspect.

Thanks! smile

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:53:42 PM

@Adam - thankyou very much! bigsmile

The foxes...well, they're around. They are hard to find in the snow, probably because they avoid the open meadows where the snow is deepest (and also where it's easiest for me to see them!) It's a shame because foxes in the snow do look very pretty! Oh well, I'll keep looking.

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:54:49 PM

@Denis - thanks! smile I'm surprised that that bush hasn't been raided by now!

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:55:52 PM

@Mark - thanks! smile Snow in sunshine always looks wonderful. We had the strange mix of snow and fog here for a while after I took those shots.

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:56:33 PM

@Words - Snoopy is always welcome here wink

Thanks! smile

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:56:48 PM

@Stardancer - thanks! smile

Adele BrandSittingFox Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:57:40 PM

@Steffi - yes, it has been quite hazardous out for the last week. I haven't see any more trees come down, but the pavements are extremely icy. I need ice skates! right

Thanks! smile

RuneSB Friday, December 10, 2010 11:18:36 AM

All of them with the open spaces and "Feathered" smile
But i think theres a limit at 5mb pr @mail ???
Maybe you could send me a download link ? bigeyes

Darkogdare Friday, December 10, 2010 7:15:43 PM

Rune, if you have Gmail acount you can send and receive up to 25MB as attachment smile
If you don`t have one, open it bigsmile

RuneSB Friday, December 10, 2010 9:48:20 PM

Thx Darko, didn't know that, have one already smile

Darkogdare Friday, December 10, 2010 9:48:47 PM

smile

Write a comment

New comments have been disabled for this post.